We here at the Pogo Shtick are constantly thinking about ways we can improve the site. Late at night, when we're curled up in front of the fireplace with our girlfriends, and she asks us, "What are you thinking?" we answer, "Hey, remember when you belched during dinner? It'd be really funny if we wrote about it and posted it on the Internet!" This may explain why we've been sleeping on the couch an awful lot.

But as part of our continuing effort to make the Pogo Shtick better (or, according to some people, just make it suck less), we conducted a survey of readers, asking what they'd like to see. The number one answer from our male readers was more Anna Kournikova. Unfortunately, our original idea of a Daily Kournikova Report was shot down due to a technical glitch. Well, replace the word "technical" with "court-ordered," and "glitch" with "restraining order." Tennis stars get really cranky when you sneak through their bedroom windows.

However, this did teach us an important lesson. Specifically, don't listen to our male readers. So instead, we polled our female readers who had much better suggestions. For example, many pointed out that our humor section might be better if it included some stuff that's funny. Funny stuff in the humor section -- See? This is the kind of innovative thinking that's going to make the Funny Pages the leading publication of the 21^st century. Or at least make us more popular than our Legal Disclaimer page.

So this month we're introducing a few new comics to the Shtick, like Foxtrot, Bizarro, Zits, and Baby Blues. I understand this last one is very funny among new parents. Of course, I have some friends who are new parents and these are people who spend all day cleaning up icky substances that shoot out of their child's body as if it were doing a one-man reenactment of The Exorcist, and then telling me that it's the greatest experience of their lives. So I don't really trust their judgment all that much.

We've also changed our official name to The Pogo Shtick Funny Pages, since many of you noticed that the news and humor section (The Pogo Shtick) was completely different than the newsletter (also called The Pogo Shtick). And name confusion is never a good thing. Sort of like that time I rented "Free Willy" from the video store and discovered there's the kid's movie name Free Willy, and then there's the... uh... "adult" movie of the same name. Needless to say, I won't be babysitting my neighbor's children again anytime soon.

We have gotten rid of some old sections for now. Shtick Picks the Flicks is on hiatus, mainly because our bosses figured out it was really just an excuse to go see a movie during our lunch hour and then have the company pay for it. However, I do recommend you check out our upcoming feature, Shtick Picks The Vegas Strip Clubs, just as soon as I can trick my manager into signing the expense report.

But in the meantime, we're introducing a new feature called Inside Pogo, where we'll be chatting with pogo.com employees and some of our top players. We'll include some strategies or hints and maybe share some interesting anecdotes about our players. This week we're interviewing Spike, our surly-yet-cuddly Poppit! mascot, who will share some strategies and tips with us and answer some questions from our players.

So that's what's going on with all these changes here at the Pogo Shtick Funny Pages. But I'm sure we'll be adding or removing things as time goes on, depending on what I hear from our users. So if you see something that's great, something that's sorta great, or something that makes you say, "I don't get it" be sure to send in your feedback or suggestions . And we'll talk to you next week.